Comments | altivo: So tired...

altivo

So tired...

Nov 26, 2009 22:23

This is the most exhausting holiday of the year, I think. And for that reason, far from my favorite. We did get everything done as we were supposed to do.

Except for my writing. I managed about 500 words in the car going, and another 700 tonight. Backsliding is no good. Four days left to squeeze out 16,000 words. Still trying, though.

writing, holidays, nanowrimo

Comments 9

corelog November 27 2009, 04:57:11 UTC

You can do it, horsie! *cheers and waves pom-poms*

altivo November 27 2009, 18:35:48 UTC

Heh. In the font this is using, it looked like you were waving "porn-porns."

I "can" do it, but it remains to be seen whether I "will."

Nothing bigger is on the agenda for the weekend, though.

hellmutt November 27 2009, 12:05:34 UTC

Good luck! That's a cool four thou per day. I've given up on making the deadline, but will finish the book if I can.

altivo November 27 2009, 18:36:47 UTC

I have done five thousand a day in short stretches before. It can be done. I dunno whether I have the concentration for it, but I'm still pushing.

mondhasen November 27 2009, 17:55:15 UTC

Stick with it! The story is shaping up nicely. Less distraction and more action? ;o)

altivo November 27 2009, 18:37:55 UTC

My writing isn't often about action. It's about introspection.

As for shaping up, well, the bits you've seen have shaped nicely. There's a huge amount of connective material needed for them to fall properly into place.

songdogmi November 27 2009, 21:23:35 UTC

I wonder why NaNoWriMo is in November, myself. I always have too much going on and it's been daunting to squeeze in a 50k word novel too. But there probably isn't a good month and I know the project is about getting started if you've been saying "Someday I'll write a novel...."

Anyway, what I've read has been well-written and interesting, so I wish you success with the deadline and look forward to reading more whenever it appears.

altivo November 28 2009, 12:21:23 UTC

Thanks. It's been an interesting trip this year. As of this morning, I'm only 5000 words off the pace. If I can keep up yesterday's rate through the weekend, I'll hit 50K a day early. Come from behind horsey finishes race after all. ;p

cabcat November 29 2009, 09:36:04 UTC

Australia has very few holidays this late in the year >.< it'd be nice to have a few days off about now.